John Bellows (abt. 1624 - abt. 1683)

Born about 1624 in England

Husband of Mary (Woods) Bellows — married 9 May 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 10 Jul 1683 at about age 59 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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John Bellows migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 250) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

John Bellows was on the passenger list for the Hopewell to New England in 1635. He was listed as age 12.^[1] No record appears for him in New England until his marriage to Mary Wood in 1655 in Concord. Savage says that he was of "Concord 1645" but no record supporting this was found by Anderson in his research on John Bellows. Anderson observes that other young passengers from the Hopewell settled in Concord, and it is likely that he did, too.^[2]

John Bellows married Mary Woods, daughter of John Woods, in Concord on 9 May 1655.^[3] Anderson cites John Wood's will of 26 Nov 1677 referring to "my son-in-law John Bellows"^[2]

John Bellows was probably a carpenter, since his inventory after his death included a number of woodworking tools..^[2]

They had 9 children, and all are mentioned in his will except Daniel, who died young. A 10th child, Benjamin, born after Nathaniel 18 Jan 1677, not named in the will, is probably the illegitimate child of oldest daughter Mary. The father is unknown, but daughter Mary was summoned to court five years later, apparently for fornication. She "had been gone from home" and did not appear in court.^[2]

Children: ^[2]

1. Mary was born at Concord on April 26, 1657. She was unmarried but had a child, Benjamin, who was born out of wedlock.^[2][3]
2. Samuel was born at Concord on January 22, 1657/8.^[3] He died unmarried at Marlborough on September 29, 1680.
3. Abigail was born at Concord on May 6, 1661. She married Isaac Lawrence at Cambridge on April 19, 1682.
4. Isaac was born at Marlborough on September 13, 1663. By 1694 he had married Elizabeth Howe, daughter of John How.
5. John was born at Marlborough on May 13, 1666. By 1695 he married Hannah Newton, daughter of Moses Newton.
6. Thomas was born at Marlborough on either September or November 7, 1668. he was named in his father's will on June 19, 1683.
7. Eleazer was born at Marlborough on April 13, 1671. He married Esther Barrett at Marlborough on October 11, 1692.
8. Daniel was born at Marlborough on March 15, 1672/3 and died at Concord on July 20, 1676.
9. Nathaniel was born at Concord on April 3, 1676. He was named in his father's will on June 19, 1683.

The first three children were born in Concord. They then moved to Marlborough, where the next five children were born. They moved back to Concord by the birth of 9th child Nathaniel in April 1676, probably because of the Indian raids on Marlborough early in King Philip's War. They returned again to Marlborough prior to his death in 1683.^[2]

John Bellows will was dated 19 January 1683. The estate was inventoried on 6 and August, and the willt was proved 2 Oct 1683. Marlborough Vital Records list his death date as 10 January 1683, but this is clearly a transcription error. Anderson speculates it should have been 10 July 1683.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700, John Camen Hotten, p49
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} The Great Migration, by Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, Boston 1999, Vol 1, A-B, pages 250-253
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Concord. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850. (Boston: The Town, 1895). p 8 recorded as "John Bellouse/Belousse."

• The Bellows Genealogy or John Bellows The Boy Emigrant of 1635 and his Descendants, Comprising a Full History of Col. Benjamin Bellows, the Founder of Walpole, N.H., and His Descendants, and a Partial Account of the families of Isaac, John and Eleazar Bellows of Marlborough, Mass. and of Nathaniel Bellows of Groton, Ct. Thomas Bellows Peck, Keene, New Hampshire, 1898.
• 'Correspondence from Penny Whitman , "I am a descendant of Lorenzo Dow Bellows b. 1/16/1822 d. 6/14/1900 who married Nancy M. Foster' he was the son of William S. Bellows &; Olive (Youngs) Lorenzo & Nancy had 12 chlldren Thomas Bellow Peck did a geneology which was written 1892 to 1898-- I have some of it."
• The Bellows Genealogy pgs 2, 4,
• Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 pg 26
• Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 pg 23, abt 1624
• Great Migration Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol I A-B pgs 250-253.link for subscribers $

Notes

The Bellows family is thought, and perhaps claim to have descended from a Norman family which came to England with William the Conqueror, by the Name of Belle Eau, which pluralized has the identical sound of the name of Bellows. If such is the case it is a remarkable coincidence that the name should afterwards become associated with the beautiful fall of water on the Connecticut River.